Billed as the opera event of 2025, Melbourne Opera's multi-million dollar production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg will see opera lovers converge in Melbourne next month.

The Aspen Music Festival and School brings internationally recognized artists to the acoustically pristine, 500-seat Harris ...

"A sniveling gnome with exceptional talent"— or so the composer was once described. Yet with his Bayreuth Festival, Wagner managed to create a mythic idea of himself that has obscured who he really ...

Michael Downes’ Story of the Century dives into the making of the composer’s monumental and controversial work ...

Saturday’s opening performance began at 6:30 p.m. and, with intermissions, concluded around 11 p.m.) Die Walküre is the most ...

Wagner was finally able to return to his homeland in 1862 where he continued work on his biggest undertaking: The Ring Cycle – a set of four operas or "Music Dramas" (he hated the word 'opera ...

He turned Italian opera on its head by introducing new subject material, often with social, political or nationalistic themes, and combined these with a direct approach to composing. Germany’s Richard ...

The auditorium and its magnificent royal box hold a total of roughly 2,100 spectators. Famous Wagner operas such as Tristan und Isolde or Die Walküre premiered at the National Theater.

Regents Opera stages Wagner’s complete Ring cycle at London’s York Hall. Soprano Catharine Woodward talks about embodying one of the most iconic characters in all opera: Brünnhilde.